I am 19 years old now. It seems like time is going fast, and I am not always sure how to handle it! I started college August 2014. I am studying psychology at North Central University, meeting new people, and drawing closer to God with each step I take. Life is not a destination, it is a long journey. I am excited to see what God has in store for my life, and I hope you will join me as I find out!
OK. I don't remember if I posted about this last year. Mom has started making it a point to spoil us on Valentines day. Kinda nice if you ask me. So, this year was no different. She showered us with gifts, and a special dinner. It was a really nice day. She even overcame the obstacle of Angelica's allergies, and my sister got a nice cup filled with the only kind of candy she can eat. Dinner, was DELICIOUS!! We had a marinated steak, with collard greens, and baked potatoes. I will leave you with a picture.
OK, maybe not EPIC. But, it was pretty big. Recently, mom bought a cooking stone at goodwill. A great find, considering it was only $10. AND, it was still in the box. Which means, we had instructions, and we now have three. Totally excited, because I love cooking with these things. Technically, this one is a pizza stone, but it can be used for all sorts of things. Pizza, bread, and cookies!! Now, every time we get a cooking stone, we have to make something greasy, so that the stone can be cured. Mom suggested bacon, but the last time we did bacon on one without sides, we had grease in the bottom of the oven. NOT GOOD!! I suggested a large cookie, you know, one of those huge circular cookies. I proceeded to make said cookie.
Now, the only problem is that I made it as large as the pan. And said cookie decided to expand, therefore I was greeted with a burning smell. I then realized that the cookie was now in the bottom of the oven.
I was a bit over whelmed, so I called mom in for help. She proceeded to laugh at me. I guess it is a little funny.
OK, so on my to do list is to wear a shirt that says life and hand out lemons. I did this on the Fourth of July. My sister and I were having a lemonade stand to raise money for National Fine Arts Festival. I will backdate a couple of posts later about fine arts. I made the t-shirts that said life and had a verse. The design was my mom's idea, but we all kind of worked together on it. I was pleased with how well the t-shirts worked out. Here is my picture proof.
OK, so we have been preparing for our local fine arts festival since about January. I entered nine things this year. NINE!!! That' s a lot, but considering their goal is to help teens discover,
develop, and deploy their gifts, I think that's OK. Anybody curious what I entered? Here goes...
Visual Art 3-D.
I made the heart out of paper mache. The chain represent how we are with sin, we must be set free, and God is the only one that can do that.
Visual Art 2-D.
Yes, the girl is actually cutting. I wanted to show that no matter how bad you are hurting, God can heal you, He can help you get through it.
T-Shirt Design.
I love this. I also love that I can now wear a T-shirt that I designed.
I illustrated a Children's book that my sister wrote.
Yes, the illustrations are actually done in construction paper shapes! It was hard, but in the end I liked the end result.
Digital Photography.
This picture was taken after a long day of doctors appointments. Angelica had just had an echo, because we were just figuring out that something was wrong with her, and they thought it was the heart. We came home to a beautiful sunset, and I climbed the tree. We were all worshiping God, in awe of His wonder and knowing that whatever happens, God will take care of us.
This was my short sermon.
The theme this year was relentless.
Our troupe dance.
We danced to "Orphan" by Rachel Scott
My solo dance.
I danced to "Beautiful, beautiful," by Francesca Battistelli. I love the dress!
And, last but not least, my human video.
Viewer discretion is advised. Parents may want to watch this before letting their children see it. For those of you who don't know, a human video is effectively a drama to lyrics. You must mouth the majority of the words, and you can make no sound.
So, it being after the festival, I can tell you that two of the things got to Nationals. I will post later about what made it. For now, you can enjoy pictures and video's of my performances.
Ok, so I wanted a new style but still long. (ya know, since I'm trying to grow it out.) So I came up with Bangs. Oh yeah! Way cool. I think, it may be the best idea I've had yet!
Last night, we went to youth group at Songbird's church. We wrapped shoe boxes. Some people decorated their boxes with stickers. The little kids picked up the wrapped boxes and put them in a pile to be shipped. We wrapped the boxes for Operation Christmas Child. They ask people to fill shoe boxes with little gifts to give to children whomightnot otherwise receive a gift. Often the gifts inside are things like toothbrushes and combs. It was nice to be a part of something like that. I enjoyed doing the work of filling the boxes. It was fun hanging out with the teens in the youth group.
Today, we went to the art museum! It was way cool. I remebered the camera, and took tons of pictures. Unfortunatley, not very many of me. This one was my favorite girl. The picture doesn't do her justice, in the painting, she looked almost real. Every detail is very good, right down to the hands and toes, which I may tell you are very hard to get proportioned correctly.
Here are a couple others. Have you ever looked at a painting and just thought WOW. thats what I did with these. They are absolutley beautiful! These two are about cincinnatti and the river front.
Then, there was the castle and the water around it. Absolutley gorgeous!
These were by far, I tkink my favorite. Abstract Art. Totally cool!
And that concludes our tour of the museum. Actually, there is more, but that's all I will show you.
(OK, that took a while to publish. I wasn't done, but I will enjoy having the memory. I wouldn't be able to add to it now, so we will leave it at this! 10-4-14)
Last Night we went trick or treating with Songbird and friends. It was so fun. We walked around and had a bunch of laughs together. I was a Vampiress. Loved the costume. We sprayed Black into my Hair and I made the mask. Not a very mean vampire. Hmm, I should fix that.
FigNewTon was a rock star. Lovin it!!
The eyes are the best, you know, since I helped with them. :) lol
Yesterday, our family went to the aquarium. We had lots of fun. When we got to the octopus tank, he was actually out! There were lots of exotic fish. At every tank, we tried to find all of the fish listed. It was cool. We saw lots of cool fish. There were some that were really wacky, and some that were really colorful. My favorite was this one:
It is called a Garibaldi fish. They live in north-eastern subtropical parts of the pacific ocean. It is the official marine state fish in California where it is protected in coastal waters. Yes, the fish is actually this bright!
We helped out at our churches VBS this year. The theme was The Incredible Race. I was a crew leader and took kids from place to place. There was the lesson, games, crafts, snack, puppets and song time. This picture was taken by Pastor during one of the games. I was sitting down and he came up with the camera. I hid my face and came up and down really fast until I burst out laughing. Then he snapped the picture. It was fun and I hope we can do it next year. VBS was from July 26-29.
I played dress-up. We found a fountain. Went to see Mall Cop. And fed the ducks and geese. We went wading at the lakes with MissH. Found a butterfly in the grill of Mr.B's jeep. Found some really big "dandelions." (MissH says they are thistles.) Put together a really hard puzzle. And mostly just enjoyed hanging out together. Looking forward to FigNewTon coming home tomorrow (but don't tell her :D)!
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I played dress-up.
We found a fountain.
Went to see Mall Cop.
And fed the ducks and geese.
We went wading at the lakes with MissH.
Found a butterfly in the grill of Mr.B's jeep.
Found some really big "dandelions."
Put together a really hard puzzle.
And mostly just enjoyed hanging out together.